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ERIC Number: EJ394913
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Publication Date: 1989
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Entrapment and Escape: Inventional Metaphors in Ronald Reagan's Economic Rhetoric.
Aden, Roger C.
Southern Communication Journal, v54 n4 p384-400 Sum 1989
Examines Ronald Reagan's use of inventional metaphors of entrapment and escape, language meshing with the American public's perception of the economy in the early 1980s. Notes that Reagan's reliance on inventional metaphors produced a rigidity in his approach to new situations, ultimately damaging his ability to lead the nation. (MM)
Descriptors: Economics, Metaphors, Presidents of the United States, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Speeches
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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